Troy Bungart

Deep rib work and dynamic brush strokes play across the surface of this yunomi softened by shino.

Loaded with ash crystals from being in just the right spot in Mark Goertzen's kiln, Dante.

I make an assortment of custom ribs. This round padauk rib is perfect for getting that sweet round curve in your bowls with style.

These are some of the knives that I make out of a variety of exotic woods. Using functional tools that are attractive is important to me. I take extra care in shaping and sanding the edges of my tools so that they feel as good as they look.

This is my favorite rib to work on platter rims and large bowls. I enjoy this swirling leaf design. I have used this same design in bowl decorating in the past.

Loaded with ash crystals from being in just the right spot in Mark Goertzen's kiln, Dante.

This delicious cup was fired for 96 hours in Justin Rothshank's anagama in Goshen, IN.

This trim knife does double duty with a knife at one end and a footing rib at the other.

Three squirrel tail brushes.

Sometimes the wood is just magical. While I am shaping a rib so that it will have just the right curve and gradually tapering the edge of the blade the wood comes alive with pattern and color.